My First Recording By ______

[carnivore]

Does Kenny Clarke qualify as co-leader of the first edition of the MJQ? If so my original 10" LP of 'Django' delivers John Lewis, Bags and Percy Heath....

[BillF]

Well, if I went with Sonny Clark, we'd be back to Cool Struttin', so I'll stick with Dex: the peerless Our Man in Paris with Bud Powell, Pierre Michelot and Kenny Clarke.

My first album in Clarke's name was Clarke/Boland, All Smiles with Benny Bailey, Idrees Sulieman, Jimmy Deuchar, Sonny Grey, Ake Persson, Nat Peck, Eric van Lier, Derek Humble, Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott, Tony Coe, Sahib Shihab, Jimmy Woode and Dave Pike. Nice cover, too:

[carnivore]

First Johnny Griffin album - 'The Little Giant' with Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones and 'Tootie' Heath

[JSngry]

First Johnny Griffin album - 'The Little Giant' with Blue Mitchell, Julian Priester, Wynton Kelly, Sam Jones and 'Tootie' Heath

[mjzee]

My first Chick Corea album:

Have a field day, guys.

[JSngry]

Braxton's Creative Orchestral Music would open up a lot of doors, but maybe not for all that many people playing here, so let's go to:

with:

Miroslav Vitous (Mountain In The Clouds/Infinite Voyage gets most everybody on familiar turf, I'd think)

Roy Haynes (same)

[Dan Gould]

First Roy Haynes as a leader:

with Kenny Garrett, Roy Hargrove, Dave Kikoski and Dave Holland

Seems to me Haynes could get us moving further backward in time but Garrett and Hargrove could move things toward neobop.

either way, I'm happier than heading toward Braxton land!

[mjzee]

Heh, heh, heh...

[jeffcrom]

Heh, heh, heh...

Okay, I had just posted a Roy Haynes album, but mjzee beat me by seconds with this one, so...

My first Dave Holland album was Conference of the Birds: Holland, Barry Altschul, Anthony Braxton, Sam Rivers.

Edited June 26, 2010 by jeffcrom

[colinmce]

I can't remember my first Braxton-- I think it was the inauspicious Seven Standards 1985 Vol. II, but I can't be sure so ...

Fuschia Swing Song with Tony Williams, Ron Carter and Jaki Byard.

[JSngry]

I can't remember my first Braxton-- I think it was the inauspicious Seven Standards 1985 Vol. II, but I can't be sure so ...

Fuschia Swing Song with Tony Williams, Ron Carter and Jaki Byard.

w/Larry Young & John McLaughlin

[colinmce]

Life Time with Gary Peacock, Ron Carter, Bobby Hutcherson, Sam Rivers, Herbie Hancock and Richard Davis.

One of my favorite recordings ever.

[JSngry]

Life Time with Gary Peacock, Ron Carter, Bobby Hutcherson, Sam Rivers, Herbie Hancock and Richard Davis.

One of my favorite recordings ever.

w/Cecil McBee & Norman Connors (who can get us into any number of places...)

[kh1958]

Cecil McBee Sextet--Compassion (Enja)--with Chico Freeman, Joe Gardner, Dennis Moorman, Steve McCall and Don Moye.

[Swinging Swede]

Post 9:

John Coltrane, Blue Train

Post 10:

Tadd Dameron - MATING CALL (Prestige)

I believe we have an illegal sequence here, since Tadd Dameron didn't play on Blue Train. All posts after post 9 are therefore invalid. -_-

[JSngry]

Time marches backwards not!

Cecil McBee Sextet--Compassion (Enja)--with Chico Freeman, Joe Gardner, Dennis Moorman, Steve McCall and Don Moye.

Von Freeman, Chico Freeman (ts) Cecil McBee (b) Jack DeJohnette (ds) Kenny Barron (p)

and if you must...

Ellis Marsalis (p) Wynton Marsalis (tp)

Branford Marsalis (ts) Charles Fambrough (b)

James Black (ds)

[Dan Gould]

Post 9:

John Coltrane, Blue Train

Post 10:

Tadd Dameron - MATING CALL (Prestige)

I believe we have an illegal sequence here, since Tadd Dameron didn't play on Blue Train. All posts after post 9 are therefore invalid. -_-

Perhaps Coltrane isn't properly considered co-leader but I certainly think of it is as such, and therefore it was Steve's identification of his first Coltrane purchase.

Time marches backwards not!

Cecil McBee Sextet--Compassion (Enja)--with Chico Freeman, Joe Gardner, Dennis Moorman, Steve McCall and Don Moye.

Von Freeman, Chico Freeman (ts) Cecil McBee (b) Jack DeJohnette (ds) Kenny Barron (p)

and if you must...

Ellis Marsalis (p) Wynton Marsalis (tp)

Branford Marsalis (ts) Charles Fambrough (b)

James Black (ds)

I'll go with Kenny Barron:

It might have been one of his trio recordings but I'll go with this one, I know I bought it at a similar time. John Stubblefield, Eddie Henderson, Cecil McBee and Victor Lewis give some more options forward.

[JSngry]

I'll go with Kenny Barron:

It might have been one of his trio recordings but I'll go with this one, I know I bought it at a similar time. John Stubblefield, Eddie Henderson, Cecil McBee and Victor Lewis give some more options forward.

with:

Buster Williams

Bennie Maupin

Bill Summers

Billy Hart

Eric Gravatt

Herbie Hancock

Patrick Gleeson

[Dan Gould]

You're taking this seriously, Jim, with all those discog links!

but I have a Buster Williams as leader date:

Unless someone has another Buster date, we've got Steve Nelson, Mulgrew Miller and Carl Allen.

[JSngry]

Actually...

Also with:

Cello - Pat Dixon (tracks: A3, B1)

Violin - Gayle Dixon (tracks: A3, B1)

(not really "serious", but copy/paste is your friend, doncha' know...)

[mjzee]

Excellent, varied recording. WITH Kenny Barron, Roy Ayers, Billy Hart, Jimmy Rowles, and (for those up for a challenge) Nobu Urushiyama and Suzanne Klewan.

[Big Beat Steve]

Excellent, varied recording. WITH Kenny Barron, Roy Ayers, Billy Hart, Jimmy Rowles, and (for those up for a challenge) Nobu Urushiyama and Suzanne Klewan.

OK, now I will try to take this back a bit further in history:

MY first Jimmy Rowles leader date ever purchased was this:

"Let's Get Acquainted with Jazz (For People Who Hate Jazz)" on Tampa TP-8 (1957)

also feat. Red Mitchell, Larry Bunker, Pete Candoli, Harold Land, Mel Lewis, Barney Kessel

Lots of "first leader date" potential there among the sidemen of that session ...

Edited June 27, 2010 by Big Beat Steve

[BillF]

With James Clay, Lorraine Geller and Billy Higgins (just in case you can't read it!)

[Big Beat Steve]

Thank you! That would have been my first Red mitchell leader date purchase too (but i did not and could not reply to myself).

So here is my follow-up:

My first Lorraine Geller leader LP bought was

"The Gellers" (EmArcy MG 36024)

(feat. Lorraine and Herb Geller, Red Mitchell and Mel Lewis)

(Wonder how it is going to be before we will be back in Thad Jones territory? :D)

[BillF]

Thank you! That would have been my first Red mitchell leader date purchase too (but i did not and could not reply to myself).

So here is my follow-up:

My first Lorraine Geller leader LP bought was

"The Gellers" (EmArcy MG 36024)

(feat. Lorraine and Herb Geller, Red Mitchell and Mel Lewis)

(Wonder how it is going to be before we will be back in Thad Jones territory? :D)

Keeping out of Thad jones territory, I give you:

The friends are Freddie Hubbard, Cecil Bridgewater, Michael Brecker, Gregory Herbert, Hank Jones and Ron Carter.